Department of Chemistry

Overview

The Department of Chemistry started in the academic year 2001, the year of inception of the college and is handling the “Engineering Chemistry” (both theory & practical) for classes of I & II semester engineering (all branches) students. The department has a well-equipped laboratory with the latest instruments to conduct the experiments prescribed by VTU.

The curriculum integrates core of applied chemistry with a body of engineering in a manner, which allows chemical knowledge to be put in to the practice. To cater the needs of the students, we have well qualified, committed and experienced faculties. In addition to handling of ‘Engineering Chemistry’, we are also teaching the ‘Environmental Science’ subject. College learning resource centre, has a rich collection of books and journals in engineering chemistry. Over 1200 books with various titles are available. The library has subscribed to several journals and has provided access to various E-resources in chemistry. In addition to the online subscribed (100 journals as E-Resources from Springer Publications. We have the following subscribed journals in Chemistry:

Indian journal of Chemistry, Sec A and B
International Journal of Waste Water treatment and Green Chemistry.
International Journal of Chemistry Applications

Vision

”To ‘promote and impart the applied engineering chemistry knowledge and transform the wisdom into action”.

Mission

To foster the inquisitiveness in students and make them understand the fundamentals of applied chemical science and technology.

To inform the students of the latest development in applied engineering chemistry, so that they can exploit it for development of technologies in their respective core disciplines.

To infuse the innovative research attitude in the student, so that they could be an innovator or inventor of tomorrow.

Long Term Goals

To build up the department potentially to embark upon research along with academics and motivating the faculty towards research. As all faculties have doctoral degrees, emphasis is given on getting funds from funding agencies. If possible to have consultancy services and collaborative ventures with national laboratories/contract research laboratories.

To develop effective teaching-learning modules.

To adopt the modern trends in education concepts, (smart board use/ HowStuffWorks-videos/Ted-Talks/VTU-Resources/ NPTEL course materials/ MIT – Open Course Materials).

Use of ‘Moodle software’ an open source tool for online assignment, quiz conduction and circulation of PDF notes/QPs/Model QPs/IAs of Previous Years, uploading videos from reliable sources.

Course Outcomes

Understand the concept of free energy, electrochemical & concentration cells, classical & modern batteries & fuel cells.
Apply electroplating & electroless plating processes in corrosion engineering models and its fabrication.
Utilization, production and consumption of solar energy and its application in different useable forms. Understand the concept of classical & modern batteries & fuel cells.
Understand the Knowledge of environmental pollution and different techniques of water purification.
Understand the Fundamental principles and Applications of nanomaterials and different techniques of instrumental methods.

Course Learning Objectives

Master the basic knowledge of engineering chemistry for building technical competencies in industries, research and development.
To understand the importance of energy systems, environmental pollution, waste management, water technology, instrumental methods and nanomaterials.
To develop knowledge in the field of free energy, chemical equilibrium, electroplating and corrosion sciences.

LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE DETAILS

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LABORATORY

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Engineering Chemistry Lab

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Laboratory Manuals

Research Facilities

The Chemistry department has well qualified, experienced and higly motivated towards research and the department is recognized as research centre by VTU, Belagavi since 2018. Dr. Umesh Laddi, Professor and Head, is guiding one candidate, Mrs. Vedavathi R (USN: 1CG19PCT01) for her Ph.D., degree and now completing her course work examination. The department faculties have published 65 research papers in Scopus indexed, peer-reviewed journals and presented their work in many national and international conferences. Apart from regular teaching, faculties have applied for funding from agencies such as VGST, DST and SERB to establish the infrastructure of the research centre.

Achievements

Dr. Umesh Laddi is in the editorial board of

Worked as/working as Editorial Board Member of 1.World J Pharm Sci (http://www.wjpsonline.com/html/editorialdesk_editorial-board.php) (2013-2019) 2. Journal of Modern Medicinal Chemistry , (http://www.synergypublishers.com/editorial-board-jmmc/).( 2012-2019), Editorial Board member of 3.‘Modern Chemistry’ (2013-2018) (http://www.sciencepublishing group.com/journal/ editorialboard? journalid= 121 ) – a journal by Science Publishing Group. 4. American Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/journal/editorialboard?journalid=341), a Journal Published by Science Publishing Group, New York, USA.(2017-till date)
Working as Advisory board member Cambridge Scholars Publishing- an independent academic publisher, for Chemistry Books (Since 2016 till date). (https://www.cambridgescholars.com/t/ChemistryAdvisory)
Reviewer for many journals, 1. Archive Der Pharmazie Wiley International (2005-till date).2.World J Pharm Sci (2013-till date), 3. Journal of Modern Medicinal, Indian Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry (2013- till date), 4. Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences-IJPS Online (1998-till date), 5. Asian Journal of chemistry (2005-till date) and 6.Indian Journal of chemistry (Section B), CSR, (Since 1998-till date). 7. Indian Journal of heterocyclic chemistry, (1998-2002). 8. Indian Drugs (1997-till date). 9. Journal of Modern Medicinal Chemistry (2013-till date). 10.Indian Journal of chemical Society.
Senior Research Fellow (CSIR, New Delhi), from 1st July 1995 to 31st Jan., 1998.
Best Bloggerfor med-Chemist.com (Listed in the top 50 blogs, as Best Chemistry Blog across the world. And also in 15 Best Blogs of Medicinal Chemistry in the world- 3 times).

Faculty Publications

Sl. No.	Faculty Name	Indexed in Scopus (Elsevier),Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI)/others, if Scopus, H-index	Research paper details
1	Dr. Umesh Laddi	Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	A Review on Emerging Impact of Antitubercular Activity of 1,2,4-Triazole Derivatives, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2024 Published on: 11 October, 2023Article ID: e111023222113 Pages: 16 DOI: 10.2174/0122113525268198230921071016
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of some 1,3,4-Oxadiazoles, 1,2,4-Triazoles and 1,2,4- Thiadiazoles. Laddi. U. V. and Desai S. Indian Drugs. 53(06); 18-23, 2016. H-index -30
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Some new 1,3,4-oxadiazoles as antimicrobial agents. Laddi. U. V. and Desai S. Indian Drugs. 53(02); 15-18, 2016. H-index -30
2	Dr. Vinay K	Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	Room Temperature humidity sensing behavior of silver decorated polyaniline composites, K. Vinay, K. Shivakumar, Y T Ravikiran, M Revanasiddappa and manjunatha S, Materials Research Express, IOP Publishing, UK, Volume 6, Issue 10(1040003), pp.1-8, 2019, H-index: 21. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1591/ab3624
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	DC Electrical Properties of chemically synthesized Polyaniline/PVA/MnO₂/Fly ash composites, M Revanasiddappa , D Siddalinga Swamy, K. Vinay, Y T Ravikiran and Raghavendra S C, IEEE Xplore digital library, IEEE, pp. 1-5, 2019, ISBN electronic: 978-1-5386-8271-5, ISBN Print: 978-1-5386-8272-2, H-Index: 250,DOI: 10.1109/ICASET.2019.8714354
		Scopus	Spectroscopic studies, Thermal Behaviour, AC Impedance study and Dielectric properties of Polyaniline/SrTiO₃ composite, K. Vinay, K. Shivakumar, Y T Ravikiran and M Revanasiddappa, American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, AIP Publishing, USA, Volume 2142 (150006), pp.150006-1-150006-5, 2019, H-Index :60 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122555
		Scopous, Web of Science, and Inspec.	Study of AC electrical behaviour of iron nanoparticle decorated polymer composite, Sreeraksha, Navya, K. Vinay, Y T Ravikiran and M Revanasiddappa, American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, AIP Publishing, USA, Volume 2142 (150005), pp.150005-1-150005-4, 2019, H-Index :60 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5122554
		DOAJ, Research Gate, ROAD, Citeseer	Electrical conductivity studies on Aldazine Metal complexes, K. Vinay, Kotresh Durgada and M Revanasiddappa, International Journal of Engineering Research and Management, 2019, ISSN: 2349-2058, Volume 06, Issue 09, pp.44-46
		Scopous, Web of Science, and Inspec.	Spectroscopic studies, Thermal behavior and AC impedance study of chemically synthesized silver doped polyaniline/BaFe₁₂O₁₉ polymer composites, K. Vinay, K. Shivakumar, Y T Ravikiran and M Revanasiddappa, International Journal of Engineering & Technology , Science publishing corporation, UAE, ISSN: 2227-524X, Vol.7(4.5), Issue 5, pp. 20-23, 2018 H-Index :20 DOI: 10.14419/ijet.v7i4.5.20001
		Scopous, Web of Science, and Inspec.	Synthesis, Characterization and Ac Conductivity Studies of Silver Doped Conducting Polyaniline/Graphene/SrTiO₃Composite, Vinay K, Shivakumar K, Y T Ravikiran, M Revanasiddappa, American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, AIP Publishing, USA, Volume 1953, 090069, pp.090069-1-090069-5, 2018, H-Index :60 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5032916
	Dr. Vinay K	Scopous, Web of Science, and Inspec	Synthesis, Characterization and Dc Conductivity Studies of conducting Polyaniline /PVA/Flyash Polymer Composite, American Institute of Physics conference proceedings, Volume 1953, 090070, AIP Publishing, USA, 2018, pp.090070-1-090070-5, H-Index :60 https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5032917
		Scopus	Synthesis, Characterization, a.c conductivity and humidity sensing behaviour of polyaniline/BaFe₁₂O₁₉ composite embedded with silver particles, IEEE Explore, IEEE publishing, 2018, pp.1-5, H-Index: 250 https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASET.2018.8376857
		Google Scholar/ Cite seer/ Directory of Science	Spectroscopic studies and Thermal behaviour of chemically synthesized Silver Doped Polyaniline / Strontium titanate polymer composite, Vinay K, Shivakumar K, Revanasiddappa M, International Journal of scientific research in science and Technology , 2018, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 8-11.
		Google Scholar/ Cite seer/ Directory of Science	Spectroscopic and Electromagnetic Interference-Shielding Effectiveness Studies on Polyaniline/ DBSA /MoO₃ Composite at X-band Frequencies, Nagesa Sastry. D, Vinay. K, Hiremath Suresh Babu, Revanasiddappa. M International Journal of scientific research in science and Technology, 2018, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 117-119.
		Google Scholar/ Cite seer/ Directory of Science	Synthesis and D.C electrical conductivity studies of Coordination metal Complexes, Jyoti C Ajbani,Kotresh Durgada, D Smitha Revankar, Neeraj Ajbani, Vinay K International Journal of scientific research in science and Technology, ISSN (Print): 2395-6011, ISSN (online): 2395-602X, 2018, Volume 5, Issue 3, pp. 98-101.
		Google Scholar/ Cite seer/ Directory of Science	Synthesis and Characterization of Interfacial Silver Doped Polyaniline / Graphene / SrTiO₃ Composite, Vinay K, Shivakumar K, Revanasiddappa M, International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Computational and Applied Sciences ,ISSN: 2279-0047, Volume 1(22), 2017, pp. 22-26
3	Dr. Venkatesh	Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	Microwave assisted synthesis of butyl acetate over honey comb coated modified ceria as an efficient solid catalyst, Indian Journal of Chemistry A, 2019, H index -35
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	Facile synthesis of glycerol carbonate by transesterification of glycerol with DMC ceria based catalyst, JMCS, 2018.
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Facile synthesis of bis (indolyl) methanes over Cordierite Honey comb coated with Modified forms of zirconia under microwave Irradiation condition, Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 56A, 2017, pp. 925-933. H index -35
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Kinetic studies on liquid phase transesterification of dimethyl malonate with benzyl alcohol over modified ceria as an efficient solid acid catalysts, Venkatesh & S Z M Shamshuddin, Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 57A, 2018, pp. 1344-1350. , H index -35
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Catalytic synthesis of benzimidazole derivatives over modified forms of zirconia, T E Mohan Kumar, S Z Mohamed Shamshuddin, Venkatesh & S Reena Saritha,Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 55A, 2016, pp. 1465-1470. H index -35
4	Dr. Prathap S R	CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	Microwave assisted synthesis of butyl acetate over honey comb coated modified ceria as an efficient solid catalyst, IJCT,2019
		CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus	Simplistic transesterification approach for the synthesis of benzyl salicylate over honey comb monoliths coated with modified forms of Zr as catalyst, Chemical engineering comm.,2018
		CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Mesoporous ZrO₂-Al₂O₃(ZA) mixed metal oxides as an efficient and reusable catalyst for the liquid phase O- methoxymethylation reaction under solvent free condition, Journal of Porous materials, DOI: 10.1007/s10934- 017-0537-4, 2017, H-Index 45
		Web of Science/CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Facile synthesis of bis (indolyl) methanes over Cordierite Honey comb coated with Modified forms of zirconia under microwave Irradiation condition, Indian Journal of Chemistry Vol. 56A, 2017, pp. 925- 933. H-Index 35
		CAS Source Index (CASSI), Scopus,	Mesoporous ZrO2–Al2O3 (ZA) mixed metal oxide as an efficient and reusable catalyst for the liquid phase O-methoxymethylation reaction under solvent free conditions. Journal of Porous materials, DOI: 10.1007/s10934-017-0537-4,2017, H-Index: 45
	Dr. Prathap S R	Scopus	Simplistic transesterification approach for the synthesis of benzyl salicylate over honeycomb monoliths coated with modified forms of zirconia as catalysts: Kinetics Chemical Engineering Communications, DOI: 10.1080/00986445.2017.1410477, 2018. H-Index :40
		Scopus	Simple but efficient synthesis of novel substituted benzimidazoles over ZrO2-Al2O3, Thimmaraju, S. Z. M. Shamshuddin, S.R. Pratap, K. Raja, M. Shyamsundar, Synthetic Communications 46 (18), 1537-1559, 2016. H-Index: 66
		Scopus	The Kinetics of the transesterification of Simarouba glauca oil for the production of biofuel using zirconia- based catalysts. S. R. Pratap, S. Z. Mohamed Shamshuddin, T.E. Mohan Kumar, Energy Sources, Part A, 38, 24, 3625–3632, 2016, H-Index :44

Professional Bodies

Membership of International Society for Nucleosides, Nucleotides and Nucleic acids:” – (ID No., 0562734).
Life membership of Indian Society For Technical Education, (ID NO., LM 76812)
Life Member – Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi. (LM-76814)
Life Member – Lions Club International (317A-3354257)